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Section 5: Software Issues

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Q5.1) Why does DOSFS corrupt my files occasionally?

Under RISC OS 3 DOS, and indeed with any other ImageFS filing system, discs are treated as one large file and ADFS applies write-behind buffering to nearly everything it does. (See the question on ADFSBuffers for more details about this.) This means while working on a DOS disc the entire disc is treated as one large open file.

However as long as a file is held open the cache is not flushed out fully till the machine is explicitly told to do so. This means when working with non-ADFS format discs always dismount them before removing them from the drive. With ADFS format discs this is not so critical, as files aren't held open during most operations on them, but it is good to get into the habit of dismounting floppy discs.

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Q5.2) Where can I obtain the latest version of module X?

All patch modules, official RISC OS extensions and the like can be sourced from the RISC OS ftp sites. Ideally your dealer will also have copies of them too and you should be able to obtain them from them. (If they don't you may like to pass on the ones from the ftp site, if you request them, so that they are up to-date.) Failing that you should probably contact RISCOS Ltd who now manage all aspects of RISC OS development.

I am also in the process of compiling a complete list of up-to-date module version numbers, together with links to where you can download them from.

This database is online at http://www.vigay.com/riscos/system/

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Q5.3) What are the current File-type allocation ranges?

Acorn originally reallocated the File-type ranges for applications. The new ranges are :-

Non-user area
&E00-&FFF Acorn/RISCOS Ltd
&B00-&DFF Commercial software
&A00-&AFF Acornsoft, and other commercial software
&400-&9FF Commercial Software

User area
&100-&3FF Non-commercial distributed software (ie PD)
&000-&0FF User's personal usage (ie non-distributed)

75% of the user area is for PD/Shareware, with allocations co-ordinated by Pineapple. If your software is going to be distributed, you should have an allocated filetype to avoid clashes.

RISCOS Ltd cannot publish its master list of filetypes because, at any given time, it will contain allocations made for products which have not yet been announced. Therefore, they would be in breach of confidence by doing so - and the editing overhead for producing a sanitised list is too great.

However, all is not lost. Denis Howe maintains an unofficial list of filetype allocations. This can be found at http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/acorn/doc/filetypes and includes details about whether the allocation is an official one, a de facto one and what the file contains. If you would like an official 'Acorn' filetype issued to you, you should contact Pineapple Software, who are responsible for allocating filetypes.

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Q5.4) Is there a Modula 2 compiler for the Arc?

Currently, no. Acorn did have, in the early days of the experimental ARM work, an in house compiler. However this compiler was sufficiently unstable and buggy to be un-releasable as a commercial product and was only used because in house support was available immediately to the users of the compiler. When Olivetti invested in Acorn this technology went to them so that Acorn no longer have even an in house Modula 2 compiler.

However some companies have stated intentions to produce Modula 2 compilers for the Arc. Whether these intentions become reality has yet to be seen.

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Q5.5) What Public Domain Languages are available for Acorn machines?

The answer to this is a list that is maintained by Gavin Wraith (gavin@wraith.u-net.com). Accordingly updates, corrections and other comments should all be sent to him.

April 2000
This is a (necessarily partial) list of freely available programming languages and programming tools for Acorn Risc OS computers. Some of the items are in the public domain, some are not. I am well aware that many of the items are also available in many other places. I will be grateful to receive emendations and further items. Remember that hensa is mirrored at ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/archimedes/collections/hensa/riscos

gavin@wraith.u-net.com

Further information
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* Imperative Languages
* Object Oriented Languages
* Declarative Languages
* Forths
* Lisps
* ARM Object Code Assemblers
* AOF Tools
* Miscellaneous

Further information
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* Higher Education National Software Archive (Hensa).

* List of free compilers and interpreters maintained by D.Sharnoff and A.Robenalt, and regularly posted to comp.compilers. Do not expect to find anything specifically for ARM machines.

* Acorn FAQ.

* Compiler tools.

Imperative Languages
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- ADA bytecode interpreter from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/c/c052

- ADA GNAT 3.01 compiler from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e095

- ALGOL 68S from ftp://ftp.cs.man.ac.uk/pub/chl/A68S

- AWK - Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan's text-processing language from http://awk.riscos.org.uk

- CHARM from David Pilling

- ICON 9.1 By ftp from ftp:cs.arizona.edu or http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e116

- G77 0.5.19 GNU FORTRAN from ftp://ftp.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk/pub/tsh/fortran.zip or from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e167

- GCC GCC 2.7.2 GNU C, C++, Objective C Compiler, release 1.0.7 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b013

- LUA - prize-winning extension language from http://lua.riscos.org.uk/

- OBERON POT 1.33 (Portable Oberon Translator) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/d/d132

- PASCAL PC 4.09 Norcroft DDE Compiler from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a122

- PASCAL GPC 1.0.2 - Gnu Pascal Compiler from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e168

- PERL 5.01 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a049

- PYTHON 2.2 from http://www.schwertberger.de/python.html

- RLAB 1.25 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e022

- TCL 7.4 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e057

Object Oriented Languages
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- ARMBOB 2.1 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b178

- GC++ GNU C++ 2.7.2 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b013

- GNUST 1.1.1 Smalltalk-80 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/c/c045

- GRS from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b062

- LITTLEST 0.0 Little Smalltalk from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a102

- OBJECTIVE C GNU 2.7.2 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b013

- SATHER ISCI Sather 1.1 - Mail to Peter Naulls

- SQUEAK Smalltalk 2.7 - now includes sockets, web server and browser. From http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim/pooters/squeak.html

Declarative Languages
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- BIBPROLOG 3.30 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/d/d005

- GOFER 2.30a (GoOd For Equational Reasoning) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a262 See comp.lang.functional FAQ.

- HOPE 4.02a from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a139

- HUGS 98 - latest version of Haskell Users Gofer System from http://shiell.cjb.net/files/hugs98-src-riscos.zip

- HUGS 1.3 (Haskell Users Gofer System) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/d/d041 See comp.lang.functional FAQ.

- HU-PROLOG 1.62 Humboldt University Prolog from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e062

- MOSML 1.42 - Moscow ML port by Andrew Hunter from http://www.geocities.com/~cfsfcpage/

- OCAML 2.00 - Objective CAML port by David Fletcher from http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/djf/ocaml/

- SML 4.0.01 Edinburgh Interpreter from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a216

Forths
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- AFORTH 0.70 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a293

- FORTHMACS 3.1 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/c/c073

- TILEFORTH 2.1 Portable C implementation from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a111

- WIMPFORTH 1.0 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e096

Lisps
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- CLISP 01.01 Common Lisp from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/c/c189

- FOOLSLISP 1.3 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/c/c162

- GNU SCHEME from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b105

- SIOD 2.90 (Scheme In One Defun) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a275. Also see George Carrette's site.

- XLISP 1.60 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a103

- XLISP+ from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b076

ARM AOF Assemblers
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- AOFLIB 0.07 create AOF files with the Basic Assembler. From http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/e/e108

- AS 1.26b from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a132

- ASM 2.01 from Plasma Sphere BBS (tel.+44 1925 757920/1)

- EXTASM 1.00 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b120

- TLA 0.2a (The Last Assembler) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a119

AOF Tools
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- ADDFILE 0.05 from Plasma Sphere BBS (tel.+44 1925 757920/1). Embed data in AOF files.

- DECAOFB 1.00 - decode AOF files. From http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/d/d038

- DRLINK 0.28 Linker from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/b/b071 and from Plasma Sphere BBS (tel.+44 1925 757920/1).

- MAKEALF 1.03 - tools for Chunk files. From http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/d/d039

Miscellaneous
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- J 6.2 (APL-like language) from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/micros/arch/riscos/a/a165

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Q5.6) Why does the RO3.5 desktop sometimes revert to the system font?

This is due to a bug in the RISC OS 3.5 Wimp module. Applications that have outline fonts in their icons and a validation string of R5 or R6 (slabbed icon) will trigger this bug and cause the desktop to revert to the system font. There are two solutions to this problem depending on your level of computer literacy.

The easiest solution, for people who are very shy of template editors, is to complain to the author(s) of the application about this problem and get them to fix it. If you are not shy of template editors you could also go in and edit the applications templates so that none of the slabbed icons have outline fonts in them.

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Q5.7) Why does ChangeFSI display a blank white window, not an image?

Version 1.13S of ChangeFSI now has the RISC OS 3.6 JPEG support built into it. However the code has been designed to fail 'gracefully' if the support code is not available in the OS. For instance when you run the software on versions of the OS older than RISC OS 3.6. In this case a blank white window is displayed.

To regain normal use of ChangeFSI go to the main menu and select Sprite Output instead of JPEG output. Next time you load a picture, or re-process the current one, an image will be displayed. The JPEG Output option is not greyed out because even though no image is displayed you can still save the processed file as a JPEG.

For those of you with RISC OS 3.5 the module can be obtained from Acorn's FTP sites at ftp://ftp.acorn.com/pub/riscos/releases/spriteextend.arc
This can be softloaded in your Boot.PreDesk sequence to use it.

If you've got RISC OS 3.10 you'll need to load the "JPEGMsgs" and "JPEGRender" modules BEFORE you load ChangeFSI. These were available on Acorn User CD no.8 (inside the $.Boot.Newboot.!Boot.Resources.!System.310.Modules directory)

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Q5.8) What causes the 'nager:Sprites22' error?

This is both a tricky and simple question to answer. The cause of the error is unknown, but something is erroring. However rather than displaying the error message RISC OS has a subtle bug in it that causes it to display the above error message instead. The sequence goes like this:-

- An error occurs.
- The wimp realises it needs to load the hi-res toolsprites & loads them.
- The wimp then displays the error message.

Unfortunately the process of loading the his-res toolsprites over-writes the buffer containing the original error block. (IE the block of memory with the error number and error message in it.) What it overwrites it with is the string 'WindowManager:Sprites22', which is a path reference to where the hi-res toolsprites are to be found.

This error has been corrected in RISC OS 3.60 and, presumably, future versions of the OS. (Thanks go to Alan Glover for this information.)
Additionally the error can be provoked by conflicting versions of the DrawFile module being loaded. If you are experiencing this error message then it is worthwhile to scan your hard drive looking for all copies of the module and ensuring they are consistantly the latest version of the module.

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Q5.9) Is there a Real Audio or Real Video player for Acorns?

Currently, sort of. A Real Audio player exists for NCOS but this is not useful for most RISC OS machines due to it's dependance on the presence of hardware Floating Point. An integer arithmetic version has been made by Warm Silence Software for StrongARM equipped machines but it currently cannot be released due to licensing issues.

However, Kira Brown and Justin Fletcher ported an Amiga RA player to RISC OS and you can download the latest version from her web site at http://www.neutralino.demon.co.uk/

This version however will not play 'streaming' RealAudio, and many of the newer RA files.

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Q5.10) Is there any 'streaming audio' player software available for RISC OS machines?

There are a number of streaming audio players for RISC OS available from http://duffell.cjb.net which will allow you to listen to radio stations via the internet, assuming they use the SHOUTcast or MP3 audio streaming protocols.

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Section 6: Viruses

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Q6.1) How can I protect against viruses?

Pineapple Software have produced a program called !Killer, which is the definitive means of checking for or killing viruses. There are a few other commercial solutions, see the next question for details on how to obtain them.

There are also a few PD programs around, but these tend to detect only a small subset of the viruses in circulation. !VKiller used to be OK, but it is no longer maintained, is now seriously out of date and fails to work under RISC OS 3. Out of the PD virus utilities the current best is Kiwisoft's !Slayer. This detects most known viruses and removes quite a few as well and serves as a good secondary defence if Killer is unavailable to you. Scanner should be available on various FTP/Email servers. I have als
o produced my own virus killer called !VZap.

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Q6.2) Where can I obtain a virus killer?

Various virus killers are out there. Here is a, probably incomplete, list of those available.

Killer
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Killer is distributed by Pineapple Software. Who can be reached at:-
Pineapple Software,
352 Green Lane,
Ilford,
Essex IG3 9JS
England.
Tel. +44 (208) 599 1476 Fax +44 (208) 598 2343
via email:-sales@pineaple.demon.co.uk
support@pineaple.demon.co.uk or virus@pinesoft.demon.co.uk

Or if you need a German version of the program you can contact Uffenkamp Computer Systeme at:
Gartenstr. 3,
D-32130 Enger.
Tel. +49 (5224) 978075 Fax +49 (5224) 978076
via email:- ucsorder@ucs.de or usupport@ucs.de

Early versions (up to 1.26) are PD, but should not be used now as they are ineffective against the new crop of viruses that have subsequently appeared since it's release.

Slayer
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Slayer is a freeware virus killer available from Kiwisoft. It can be downloaded from http://www.kiwisoft.co.uk/software/slayer/ It has the advantages over !Killer in that it is free, and also it is very fast.

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This is a shareware product released by Paul Vigay. It can be downloaded from Paul's www site at http://www.vigay.com/software/vzap.html and is updated as and when new viruses are discovered.

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Q6.3) I have received some information about a virus from a reputable source, it apparently affects Windows, Mac and/or Linux systems, is it perhaps dangerous for RISC OS users too?

No known virus designed for Windows, Macintosh, Linux or Unix systems has ever infected a RISC OS system. Whilst many Acorn computers are capable of running DOS or Windows operating systems via software or hardware emulation, it is only the DOS/Windows environment that is vulnerable to infection by these virusues.

Unless you have detailed evidence indicating that the virus in question has actually infected RISC OS systems, issues concerning viruses for foreign systems are best dealt with via your Windows, Macintosh, Linux or Unix anti-virus software supplier.

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Section 7: Network Resources

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Q7.1) What archives/FTP sites are available?

There are a few online repositories of Acorn/RISC OS software available on the internet. The following sites are a few of the more popular ones;

http://www.quantumsoft.co.uk/files/
ftp://micros.hensa.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/riscos/
http://acorn.riscos.com/
ftp://ftp.argonet.co.uk/pub/
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/platforms/misc/riscos
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/acorn/
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/acorn/

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Q7.2) What Acorn related companies are available on the net via email?

There are quite a few companies now on the net and reachable via email with more joining as time passes. Here is the list of companies that have given permission to be entered here in the FAQ. If the email address is to a person rather than either an automated system or perhaps a group of people I have placed the name of the person in brackets after the email address description

4Mation Ltd :-
sales@4mation.co.uk Information and Sales enquiries.

The Advisory Unit :-
sales@advisory-unit.org.uk General enquiries.

Aleph One :-
info@aleph1.co.uk Information about products and prices.

Alpha Programming :-
info@alpha-programming.co.uk General enquiries
marc@indivisibilities.com (Marc Warne)

Alternative Publishing Ltd :-
sales@apsoft.co.uk Sales, service and upgrades

Archive magazine :-
paul@archivemag.co.uk Editor (Paul Beverley)

The ARM Club :-
info@armclub.org.uk Enquiries etc...

ARMage Software :-
armage@armage.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc...

Artex Software GbR :-
info@artexsoft.com General enquiries.

Atomwide :-
Sales@atomwide.co.uk Information about products and prices.

Castle Technology :-
Sales@castle.org.uk Info, Products, Prices, Ordering etc.
Support@castle.org.uk Support issues etc.

Clares Micro Supplies :-
sales@claresmicro.com General sales enquiries.
chris@claresmicro.com Chris Dean
djackson@claresmicro.com Technical enquiries (David Jackson)

Computer Concepts :-
info@cconcepts.co.uk Automated reply, giving information.
sales@cconcepts.co.uk For credit card orders of products.
support@cconcepts.co.uk Technical support for products.

Comspec :-
acorn_info@comrad.comspec.com Canadian Acorn dealer. Enquiries about
Acorn hardware and products welcome
including USA enquiries. (Domenic
DeFrancesco)

Cumana :-
sales@cumana.co.uk Sales and product information.
support@cumana.co.uk Product support.

Cumbria Software Systems :-
sales@cumsoft.demon.co.uk General sales enquiries.

Dansoft Developments :-
dansoft@dansoft.co.nz All enquiries to this address.

David Pilling Software :-
david@pilling.demon.co.uk All enquiries to this address.

Datawave Nederland :-
info@datawave.nl General Enquiries.
sales@datawave.nl Orders.
support@datawave.nl Customer support.
rni@datawave.nl Acorn Dealer Webring
datawave@datawave.nl Private Enquiries.

Desktop Projects Ltd :-
info@desktopp.demon.co.uk General enquiries

Etc. Computers :-
etc@mcmail.com Sales & general enquiries for
Acorns in South Yorkshire

The Image Factory :-
imagfact@ozemail.com.au Sales and support.

Interconnex :-
sales@interconnex.co.uk Enquiries etc...

Iota Software :-
support@iota.co.uk Enquires & support for Iota products.

Jaffa Software :-
andrew@bleb.org Enquiries, etc...

Le Computer :-
info@lecomp.demon.co.uk General enquiries.
sales@lecomp.demon.co.uk Sales enquiries and orders.
vanessa@lecomp.demon.co.uk Special needs enquiries.

Meu Cymru :-
info@meucymru.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc...

Micro Laser Designs :-
info@microlas.demon.co.uk General Enquiries
sales@microlas.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries
users@microlas.demon.co.uk User Group Enquiries

Millipede Electronic Graphics :-
info@milliped.demon.co.uk Product information.
sales@milliped.demon.co.uk Orders and current prices.
support@milliped.demon.co.uk Technical support.
richard@milliped.demon.co.uk If all else fails! (Richard Jozefowski)

Minerva Software :-
minerva@zynet.co.uk Enquiries etc...

Moray Micro Computing :-
sales@m-micro.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries.

Navaho Internet Servers :-
info@navaho.co.uk General information (automated reply).
sales@navaho.co.uk Product sales.
support@navaho.co.uk Customer support.

Octopus Systems :-
sales@octosys.co.uk Enquiries etc... (Paul Skirrow)

Old Mother Software :-
main@oldmothr.demon.co.uk General enquiries
info@oldmothr.demon.co.uk Product information
tech@oldmothr.demon.co.uk Technical support

Oregan Developments Ltd :-
sales@oregan.com Product info, and general enquiries
support@oregan.com Support for registered customers

Paradise :-
info@paradise-uk.net Product Information
support@paradise-uk.net Support/feedback.

PEP Associates :-
info@pep-assoc.co.uk Product information.
support@pep-assoc.co.uk Product support.

Pineapple Software :-
sales@pineaple.demon.co.uk Sales enquiries.
support@pineaple.demon.co.uk Info about products, support and enquiries.

Quantum Software :-
Info@quantumsoft.co.uk Info about products, version numbers, etc.
Support@quantumsoft.co.uk Technical support for customers.
Sales@quantumsoft.co.uk General info about products and prices, etc.

Resource :-
Info@Resourcekt.co.uk General information etc...
Sales@Resourcekt.co.uk Credit card orders.
Support@Resourcekt.co.uk Technical support.

Sherston Software :-
sales@sherston.co.uk Sales and Product information.
support@sherston.co.uk Technical support/queries etc.

Simtec Electronics :-
sales@simtec.co.uk Sales and order enquiries.
info@simtec.co.uk General enquiries and support.
thread@simtec.co.uk Multi-threading/Hydra enquiries.
For a faster response, telephone 01772 812863

Soft Rock Software :-
info@softrock.co.uk Enquires, Sales and Product information.

Squirrel Solutions :-
info@squirrel-net.demon.co.uk Enquiries, Sales and Product information.

Stuart Tyrell Developments :-
Info@STDevel.demon.co.uk General Enquiries etc.

Thinx Solutions :-
Thinx@spark.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries and Product Support

Tower Electronics Ltd :-
tower@enterprise.net All enquiries.

Uffenkamp Computer Systeme :-
ucsinfo@ucs.de Product information, events et al.
usupport@ucs.de After sales support, technical queries.
ucsorder@ucs.de Sales enquiries.

Uniqueway :-
info@uniqueway.co.uk General queries, product related or
otherwise.
support@uniqueway.co.uk Support for products. (Serial
number should be quoted where
relevant.)
sales@uniqueway.co.uk For credit card orders.

Warm Silence Software :-
Robin.Watts@wss.co.uk Enquiries etc. (Robin Watts)

Wyddfa Software :-
gwilliams@cix.compulink.co.uk Enquiries etc. (Gwyn Williams)

Xavier Software :-
xavier@bangor.ac.uk Enquiries etc...

Zynet Ltd :-
zynet@zynet.co.uk Enquiries etc...

If you are a company and you would like to included in this list please send me an email, to the address specified at the bottom of the FAQ, detailing the email addresses and their general function. I will then include them into the FAQ. However as a matter of policy I will only include an address if I receive email from the owner, or a representative for the owner, of that address.

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Q7.3) What are the submission addresses for comp.{binaries.sources}.acorn groups?

There are four addresses involved here. To submit files for the groups send your email to:-
csa@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn.
cba@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.

For requests, comments and suggestions send email to:-
csa-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn.
cba-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.

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Q7.4) How to retrieve the FAQ from the source...

As I frequently update the FAQ between postings you may wish to get the latest and most up-to-date copy of the FAQ before it next gets posted. There are two ways to do this. Firstly read it off the web at http://www.vigay.com/csafaq/

Secondly, if you don't have access to the world wide web I can email you a copy. However, in order to save my phone bill, I would prefer people to download it from my web site. I hope to set up an email server at some point in the future, which might make things easier.

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Q7.5) What WWW pages are out there for Acorn topics?

The web is now expanding at an alarming rate and Acorn Web pages are popping up all over the place. This list of Web pages is checked periodically by myself for validity but I make no claims that URL's present here are currently valid. I'm no longer adding to this list because I maintain a more extensive and dedicated Acorn links page at http://www.riscos.org/links/ so I would recommend looking there if you want to contact a specific company, person or locate a particular item of software.

* http://www.acornarcade.com
Acorn gaming site with news, reviews, features and support for Acorn
gaming.

* http://acorn.cybervillage.co.uk
The Acorn CyberVillage pages - dealers, developers, information, software
and low cost web rental.

* http://www.poppyfields.oaktree.co.uk/acorn/
The Acorn computer user WWW Server. - contains pointers to other Acorn
Web pages.

* http://www.a-e-g.demon.co.uk/
The Acorn Enthusiasts Group pages.

* http://www.alphapro.demon.co.uk/
Alpha Programming WWW Pages - Acorn/Psion software, Jokes+Reviews.

* http://www.vigay.com/ant/
Ant Internet Suite technical support

* http://www.armclub.org.uk/
The ARM Club home page.

* http://www.aaug.net/
The Association of Acorn User Groups. Your first stop for the Club
Discounts Scheme!

* http://www.armage.demon.co.uk
ARMage Software WWW pages.

* http://www.artex.oaktree.co.uk
Artex Software GbR's pages.

* http://www.carltsw.demon.co.uk/
Carlton Computers (Sales & Service) Ltd's WWW pages.

* http://www.claresmicro.com
Clares Micro Supplies' WWW pages.

* http://www.cumana.demon.co.uk/
Cumana's WWW pages.

* http://www.dansoft.co.nz/
Dansoft Development's WWW pages.

* http://www.doggysoft.co.uk/
Doggysoft's WWW pages.

* http://www.ozemail.com.au/~imagfact/index.html
the image factory, DTP supplies for Acorn Computers.

* http://www.interconnex.co.uk
Interconnex's WWW pages.

* http://www.iota.co.uk/
Iota Software's pages.

* http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~csube
Jaffa Software's pages.

* http://www.logo.com/
The Longman Logotron web pages.

* http://www.ultrasnd.demon.co.uk/acorn/
Mike Enderby's pages - including PC Card information.

* http://www.zynet.co.uk/minerva/
Minerva Software's home page.

* http://www.octosys.co.uk/
Octopus Systems.

* http://www.oregan.com
Oregan Developments Ltd.

* http://www.pineaple.demon.co.uk/
Pineapple Software.

* http://www.heyrick.co.uk/assembler/
Programming in ARM assembler

* http://www.heyrick.co.uk/
Richard Murray's site, with Econet information, software and extensions
to Argo's Voyager.

* http://www.cybervillage.co.uk/acorn/pccard/
Risc PC x86 Cards Information Pages - wide variety of info on PC cards,
including compatibility of games and other software.

* http://www.datawave.nl/webring/riscnet/index.html
RiscNet International.

* http://www.simtec.co.uk/riscos
Simtec Electronics.

* http://www.softrock.co.uk/
Soft Rock Software.

* http://www.stdevel.demon.co.uk

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